Social development
Efforts made to prevent entry of fake edible oil to Myanmar
According to U Khin Soe, the chairman of Myanmar Oil Millers’ Association, the organisation will take steps to prevent cooking oil with any type of ordour from entering local markets.The association will cooperate with the government to stop cooking oil mixed with an artificial ordour ...
Suu Kyi speaks at UN general assembly
Burma’s State Counselor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Daw Aung San Suu Kyi addresses the 71st United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan, New York, United States on Wednesday. NEW YORK, United States — Daw Aung San Suu Kyi made her first speech Wednesday at the UN General Assembly since forming a democratically elected ...
Over 100 schools to be built across Mon State
THE UNION government has allotted over K4.6million for a project to construct 108 school buildings across Mon State this fiscal year, according to the state’s education office.The local government is currently in the process of scrutinising bids to choose the winners of the contract to ...
Study finds nearly all Yangon adults can read
Nearly every adult in Yangon Region can read, according to a recent survey organised by the regional education office.The finding that 99.89 percent of the adult residents in the commercial capital are literate was announced at the 50th International Literacy Ceremony, held at Basic Education ...
Myanmar population reached 51.5m in 2014
The population of Myanmar totalled 51.5 million in the nationwide census conducted jointly by the Myanmar government and the United Nations last year, according to a Bangkok Post article quoting the Kyodo News Agency on 30 May.Keep reading ...
Economic Growth Could Increase Child Labor in Myanmar
After 50 years of economic isolation, observers fear that Myanmar children might be forced to work before they can complete schooling in a booming economy.Keep reading ...
